Scratched the Xperia X1

[Aladdin]

Had got a used Xperia X1 in this condition....

Scratched and made it look like this... hyeah:

 

[ultimabasher]

Lawl lapping ftw.

 

[latino_ansari]

lol.... atleast the scratched one looks better than the first...

 

[Arihant.EXE]

^ you really didn't get the joke, did you?

 

[Switch]

Nice. What all sandpapers did you use.

 

[SharekhaN]

but how did you manage to get the Sony Ericsson engraving back?

 

[Faraz]

Looking nicehyeah:

 

[buBleZ]

good job there

 

[Gannu]

but how did you manage to get the Sony Ericsson engraving back?

The engraving must have been quite deep on the stock cover. Must have lasted until all the lapping was done.

Good job there!

 

[thogaibalu]

Wow.. you must go into SE exterior design team! Good job

 

[Dhanan]

Seems he just bought a new back cover.

 

[Arihant.EXE]

^ LOL! There are no such covers available.

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

Creativity at its best

^ you really didn't get the joke, did you?

He meant to say he likes the mirror finish one

lol.... atleast the scratched one looks better than the first...

 

[Aladdin]

I first used the common 200 or 300 grit paper to remove all the black colour and then used a 1500 grit paper to make it shine to perfection... I guess i can still achieve some shine on it..

Here is the pic of 1500 grit paper i used

 

[SunnyBoi]

Nahice! You should have got this

http://www.techenclave.com/hot-deals-and-discussions/go-heatsink-lapping-kit-119329.html

 

[Aladdin]

^^^ I bought it locally for Rs.15/-

 

[SunnyBoi]

Nice again get higher grit, then finish off with some decent metal polish

 

[sriharsha_m]

@Aladdin

Amazing work buddy.

I tried to the same earlier to my iPod touch metal back. Tried to polish it with Brasso metal polish, but ended up with some minor scratches.

Sanding seems to be a good option after looking at your job. I have no idea about sanding and sand papers. Any info on how you did your's, would be helpful for me. Plzz tell me what you did briefly so that I can try it on my iPod's back again.

 

[Aladdin]

@Aladdin
Amazing work buddy.
I tried to the same earlier to my iPod touch metal back. Tried to polish it with Brasso metal polish, but ended up with some minor scratches.
Sanding seems to be a good option after looking at your job. I have no idea about sanding and sand papers. Any info on how you did your's, would be helpful for me. Plzz tell me what you did briefly so that I can try it on my iPod's back again.

Thanks.
As for what i did, i just bought a basic "300 grit paper" for metal(Rs.10) and made use of it. Then i bought the "1500 grit paper" which is very fine for Rs.15. Now i need even more fine grit paper of say 2500 to make it look like mirror
Oh and also used a metal cream which costed me Rs.40 in the local market. It was very simple and fun.

Good Luck :hap2: